A miraculous x greatest showman au (and some college au thrown in there). A sad start when Marinette Dupain-Cheng ends up living alone after a tragic accident. She starts a job at the famous Agreste circus to gain money and it is here she becomes face to face with a familiar boy, Adrien Agreste. Although she recognises him he can't return the favour as a mask covers her face, to him she is only known as Ladybug, the famous acrobat. If only he knew his close friend Marinette was the one he was falling for... In this story, there is no magic, Chat Noir and Ladybug, as well as other characters, are in this story but they're not displayed with the miraculous/magic or akumatizations or anything like that. There is some adrienette, ladrien and ladynoir throughout this story but I have included a tiny bit of lukanette and adrigami in there too (sorry if you don't like those ships, I don't either, to be honest, but those relationships add a little more random detail to the storyline so why not). Characters aren't made by me - a fanfiction based on the show Miraculous Ladybug.

Marinette has a secret.... She hasn't told anyone, except for Alya.... She's skittish, meek, scared, and nervous. Her childhood up till now has been nothing but living nightmares. Her parents may seem kind to others..... But Marinette knows a different story..... -------------------------- Edited description: I'm not gonna give away too many hints. I don't wanna spoil the story. Plagg and Tikki are together in this story and there are secrets to be found out a few chapters in. ⚠️TRIGGER WARNING⚠️ To those who don't like descriptions of blood and/or abuse and stuff like that, I'll try to put future warnings in later chapters. This description was made a few months after the book was made. So I hope you all enjoy and please no hate comments. Thanks!

Marinette can't keep her life together. Adrien is dating kagami, Luka has moved to Canada to study music and she can't keep up with being ladybug and Marinette Dupain-cheng. She's scared, lonely and tired of being unloved as Marinette and overwhelmed as her superhero counter part. The only person who is left is a cat who started sneaking in at the dead of night. set at the end of season three but Luka has moved to Canada, Adrien and Kagami are dating and because of how dangerous the akumatisations are growing, master Fu is only allowing other miraculouses to be used in dire situations, so Ladybug and Chat Noir are the only ones still with their miraculouses. Any chapters with a star aren't the story, probably just me screaming about the reads so you can skip them if you want ('∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩')